New Zealand has totally dominated the 2011 World Taekwon-Do Championships which were completed last night in Wellington winning double the number of gold medals as the second placed nation.
The home team won 20 gold, 12 silver medals and 10 bronze to finish streaks ahead of Argentina who claimed nine gold, three silver and 13 bronze medals, while Poland came in third.
The Auckland 27-year-old Carl Van Roon, took away best overall senior male competitor for the second world championships in a row.
One of the best performances on the final day included the pre-arranged sparring pair of Luke Thompson and Mark Trotter who defeated Argentina 4-nil in the final.
On the final day of competition New Zealand won gold medals in the senior male and female team specialty (high kicks), as well as the senior male and female team power (breaking of boards).
There was also gold in the senior male pre-arranged sparring and senior male team patterns.
In the special awards New Zealand won the best overall male team and best overall female team, best overall country and best overall senior male.
The best overall female competitor was Russian Ekaterina Kozlachkova.
New Zealand's Carolina Dillen was equal second alongside Ilona Dziala of Poland and England's Lisa Dennis.
